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The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults. By contrast, this volume is designed to provide an overview of empirical research on the cognitive, social, and health related factors that impact the accuracy of eyewitness testimony given by the elderly. The book takes a lifespan developmental perspective that incorporates research on witnesses of all ages, but uses the findings to focus on issues unique to the elderly. This includes research on recognition memory with lineup identifications and recall memory that occurs when an elderl.Read more...

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; PART I Memory for People; 1 The Reliability of Eyewitness Identifications by the Elderly: An Evidence-Based Review; 2 Misinformation Effect in Older Versus Younger Adults: A Meta-Analysis and Review; 3 True and False Recognition of Faces by Young and Old Adults; 4 Eyewitness Identifications: The Interaction Between Witness Age and Estimator Variables; 5 Improving the Performance of Older Witnesses on Identification Procedures; PART II Memory for Events; 6 Aging and False Memory: Fuzzy-Trace Theory and the Elderly Eyewitness. 7 Eyewitness Memory and Metamemory in Older Adults8 Associative Memory Deficits: Implications for the Elderly Eyewitness; 9 Accuracy of Eyewitness Memory for Events in Young and Older Adults; 10 Memory Trust and Distrust in Elderly Eyewitnesses: To What Extent Do Older Adults Doubt Their Memories?; 11 Interviewing the Elderly Eyewitness; PART III Special Topics in Elderly Eyewitness Memory; 12 A Credible Crime Report? Communication and Perceived Credibility of Elderly Eyewitnesses; 13 Uniting Theory to Empirical Evidence: How to Understand Memory of the Elderly Witness. 14 The Older Witness in Court: An International Perspective15 Testimony by the Elderly in the Eyes of the Jury: The Impact of Juror Characteristics; Index.

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The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults. By contrast, this volume is designed to provide an overview of empirical research on the cognitive, social, and health related factors that impact the accuracy of eyewitness testimony given by the elderly. The book takes a lifespan developmental perspective that incorporates research on witnesses of all ages, but uses the findings to focus on issues unique to the elderly. This includes research on recognition memory with lineup identifications and recall memory that occurs when an elderl.